Jimmy Kimmel and Kanye West rap feud: real or hype?

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Sep 28, 2013 at 12:01 AMSep 28, 2013 at 1:13 PM

Jimmy Kimmel and Kanye West are either engaged in a bitter feud or a wild parody of one. A skit poking fun at West on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week provoked an irate call from the rapper shortly before Thursday's show, Kimmel said in his monologue.

Jimmy Kimmel and Kanye West are either engaged in a bitter feud or a wild parody of one.

A skit poking fun at West on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live earlier this week provoked an irate call from the rapper shortly before Thursday’s show, Kimmel said in his monologue.

“He is very angry because of a bit we aired this week,” Kimmel said, in which a whiny child re-enacted a boastful interview that West gave to Britain’s BBC radio. West, not known for his sense of humor, unleashed a barrage of tweets, including one saying that Kimmel’s former girlfriend Sarah Silverman is funnier than he is.

Responded Kimmel: “Finally, I’m in a rap feud. I always wanted to be in a rap feud.”

Other eye-openers

• On their fourth wedding anniversary yesterday, Khloe Kardashian gave what might be the most telling hint yet that her marriage to Lamar Odom is in trouble when she changed her display name on Twitter from Khloe Kardashian Odom to just Khloe.

• Singer Taylor Swift is joining the cast of The Giver, a film starring Meryl Streep, Jeff Bridges and Brenton Thwaites, the New York Post reports.

• Four months after splitting up with girlfriend Kristen Stewart, actor Robert Pattinson , 27, has been linked to model Dylan Penn, the 22-year-old daughter of actors Sean Penn and Robin Wright.

— Compiled by

Andrew Sterling

asterling@dispatch.com

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